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Members of the security staff at the festival gathered at the bottom of the tower while the audience wondered how he would get down.

A spokesman from Whitley Wood fire station in Reading, where the aerial rescue unit is based, confirmed that a team from Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service was called out to the scene as a precaution but was not needed to help the reveller down.

It is not yet clear how the man managed to get back down to ground.

A daredevil climbed to the top of the speaker tower at Reading Festival (Image: Staff)